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| Genre/Form: | Translations into English Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Petronius Arbiter.; P G Walsh |
| ISBN: | 0192839527 9780192839527 |
| OCLC Number: | 42394963 |
| Notes: | Originally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997. (World's classics). |
| Description: | liii, 212 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Series Title: | Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) |
| Other Titles: | Satyricon. |
| Responsibility: | Petronius ; translated with an introduction and notes by P.G. Walsh. |
Abstract:
Recounts the sleazy progress of a pair of literature scholars as they wander through the cities of the southern Mediterranean. En route they encounter type-figures the author satirizes including a teacher in higher education, a libidinous priest, a vulgar freedman turned millionaire, and a poet.
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P. G. Walsh's translation appears more learned, as one might expect from a scholar who has spent a long career studying ancient fiction. Its preface is masterful. TLS
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